Misdiagnosis of symptomatic cerebral aneurysm: Prevalence and correlation with outcome at four institutions

Stroke

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1558-1563

  Mayer, Peter L ^a   Awad, Issam A ^a   Todor, Roxanne ^b   Harbaugh, Kimberly ^c   Varnavas, Gus ^d   Lansen, Thomas A ^b   Dickey, Philip ^a   Harbaugh, Robert ^c   Hopkins, L Nick ^d  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

cerebral aneurysm; diagnosis; outcome; subarachnoid hemorrhage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029795645     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.STR.27.9.1558     Document Type: Article

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